KWI → ELQKuwait City to Qassim

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Direct flights from Kuwait City (KWI) to Qassim (ELQ): 2 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is on schedule. No cancellations were recorded across the 1 tracked flight. The nonstop covers 525 km, an estimated 1 hour 10 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Kuwait City and Qassim. Updated 17 October 2026 at 22:08 UTC.

Today, KWI → ELQ

Sun 18 Oct · local times
  1. 12:40 J9271Jazeera Airways On scheduleGate T5 · T5 ·

Checked KWI board 05:08

KWI Kuwait City smooth · +0
ELQ Qassim tracking
525 km · ~1h 10m est.
departs 12:402x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 2x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live KWI and ELQ delay boards

Median arrival delay is +0 min. 0 of 1 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+0 minacross the last 1 operated legs
Flight time~1h 10mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures2x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Jazeera Airways

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Jazeera AirwaysJ9

Flights J9271 12:40 Fr Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-16J9271departed+0

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
KWIKuwait City +0 min smooth ⛅ clear · N 0 kt Full KWI delay board →
ELQQassim tracking Full ELQ delay board →

How the Kuwait City to Qassim route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop KWI to ELQ flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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How we measure this →

KWI to ELQ questions

Is KWI–ELQ running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from KWI to ELQ?

Great-circle distance is 525 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 67–75 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does KWI–ELQ fly?

Jazeera Airways runs the route with about 2 flights a week (sun, fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at KWI and arrival-side delay at ELQ, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.